diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl-smime.pod.in b/doc/man1/openssl-smime.pod.in
index 5af095e91e7b9..330ddf2f875c9 100644
--- a/doc/man1/openssl-smime.pod.in
+++ b/doc/man1/openssl-smime.pod.in
@@ -397,9 +397,9 @@ Verify a message and extract the signer's certificate if successful:
 
 Send encrypted mail using triple DES:
 
- openssl smime -encrypt -in in.txt -from steve@openssl.org \
+ openssl smime -encrypt -in in.txt -out mail.msg -from steve@openssl.org \
         -to someone@somewhere -subject "Encrypted message" \
-        -des3 user.pem -out mail.msg
+        -des3 user.pem
 
 Sign and encrypt mail: